Altice Europe has conditionally agreed to a public offer of around €2.5 billion from Next Private, a company controlled by Patrick Drahi, the founder and majority shareholder of Altice Europe.
Altice USA separates from parent, now Altice Europe
Altice USA has completed its official separation from its parent Altice, which is listed on the Amsterdam stock exchange.
Altice splits European and US operations
Altice said it plans to separate Altice USA from Altice NV to be effected by a spin-off of Altice NV’s 67.2% interest in Altice USA.
Drahi seeks full control of SFR
Patrick Drahi’s Altice is looking to take complete control of the French telecoms group SFR.
Altice to drop Numericable brand
French operator Numericable-SFR is dropping the Numericable and Virgin brands in order to bring all activities in France under the SFR brand.
NextRadioTV and Altice announce strategic partnership
Alain Weill, chairman, CEO, founder and main shareholder of NextRadioTV, and Patrick Drahi, chairman and founder of Altice have signed a strategic partnership.
Malone to buy Time Warner Cable
UPDATE: John Malone’s Charter Communications has entered into an agreement purchase Time Warner Cable (TWC) in a deal that values the latter at $78.7 billion.
Altice bid to unravel PT-Oi merger
Plans by the billionaire Patrick Drahi’s Altice cable group to acquire Portuguese Telecom are likely to bring an end to the tie up with Brazilian carrier Oi.
Hot chills with Q3 loss
Hot Cable Systems, the Israeli cablenet at the centre of a takeover by the French businessman Patrick Drahi, has reported a net loss of NIS 16 million for the third quarter of 2009.